Our community’s response to this article was, unsurprisingly, negative. The article focused on the inhabitants of a house that was, and continues to be, surrounded by controversy due to allegations of the inhabitants being nazis. A transgender woman in our community asked that we go talk to them, because she felt they were being wrongly accused of vandalizing her car. My editor at the time sent me on the assignment.

Because I was sent out to cover this by the queer magazine where I worked, and because we were informed of the story by a queer woman who wanted to speak out in support of these people, my hope was that this could be an informative piece of journalism for our community. I was wrong. There was no way to approach this story that didn’t either involve apologizing for an alleged Nazi, despite what he claims now, or slandering a person, which is illegal.

Because of this, I regret that the story was ever published. OUT FRONT in no way condones the actions of Nazis or their sympathizers. While we cannot erase this unfortunate article from our past, we hope that you will accept our apology and move into the future with us.

OUT FRONT is Colorado’s first and only queer media outlet, and the second-oldest queer media outlet in the nation. We are bigger than this and we are older than this. OUT FRONT is also now under new management, and as editor, nothing like this will happen again. Please, continue to share your voices with us, even when those voices ring out in dissent. We want to know what you’re thinking and be the best representation of our community that we can be.

OUT FRONT’s mission is to educate our readers on queer issues, advocate by telling the stories from our community and highlighting the people on the front lines, and celebrating our beautiful, queer lives.

Thank you all, and I am looking forward to a long and healthy relationship with my community.

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“Slander” isn’t illegal. It’s a tort, a civil wrong, wherein the person being defamed can sue the defamer. No one’s gonna arrest you for calling a nazi a nazi. Also, this is a “magazine,” so it’s “libel.” And it’s weird that you as a journalist don’t think “Whatever this guy says, he’s plainly a nazi” isn’t a statement you could easily argue in a court of law should these young men have found the money or understanding to sue you and this publication

in other words,

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Jeff Compton

Hello Ryan,

Your former editor blocked me from your Facebook group for criticizing her public endorsement of Milo Yiannopoulos (A very loud anti trans alt right personality) and for expressing my disappointment in the referenced article. No harassment, or anything like that, just wanted to punish me I guess for expressing an opinion. You know, sharing my voice, like you are requesting now. It is also unfortunate that a very vocal supporter of the Wrangler’s anti trans policies is also on your staff. That sends a message of intolerance to the community as well. I must say, while seeing this apology is a step in the right direction, I strongly encourage your organization to take a moral inventory on how you represent everyone in the LGBTQ community. If folks cannot count on your organization for tolerance, and are met with bigotry, who can they count on? Good luck in your efforts. I hope this is just one step of many.

Mark

I have a question? A burning question, actually? WHY THE FUCK ISN’T THERE A FUCKING LINK TO THIS POST AT THE FUCKING TOP OF THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE?